City    Incidence     Who's Using     Change in   Method    Other    Emerging    Who's Selling
                                           Users               Drugs      Drugs
Birmingha  very low    too rarely seen                                  MDMA       
m, AL                  to be able to
P.D.                   judge
Yakima,    up                                       injectio                       large Hispanic
WA                                                  n                              family
DEA                                                                                organizations
                                                                                   with
                                                                                   established
                                                                                   routes and
                                                                                   personnel
Maryland   up                           more non-             cocaine   MDMA       Dealers have
State                                   traditiona                      Ketamine   the same
Police                                  l users                         LSD        demographics
                                        (teens,                         Rohypnol   as their
                                        rural/subu                                 markets.
                                        rban
                                        areas)
Boston,    up          varied group,    more        young     cocaine              Dominican,
MA P.D.                all              young,      users                          Colombian, and
                       ethnicities;     middle-     inhale;                        Lebanese
                       many white       income,     older                          sellers
                       users in their   suburban    users
                       20s and 30s      users       inject
Seattle,   stable      traditional      none        inhaling            Rohypnol   Mexicans at
WA                     older users                  smoking             Ritalin    street level
P.D.                                                injectin
                                                    g
Miami, FL  stable      traditional      none        injectin            Rohypnol   
P.D.                   older users                  g

Washingto  up          primarily 25-40  more        smoking   cocaine   PCP        wholesale
n, DC                  years old, club  middle and  (30%)               Rohypnol   trafficking by
P.D.                   goers            upper       injectin            Ketamine   Nigerians,
                                        class       g (70%)             methamphe  Asians,
                                        users,                          t-amine    Iranians,
                                        more young                      methadone  Pakistanis;
                                        users (18-                                 local sellers
                                        25)                                        match areas
                                                                                   where they
                                                                                   sell
Denver,    up          traditional      more upper  injectin  cocaine   methamphe  Mexican
CO                     older users,     income      g                   t-amine    nationals
P.D.                   some new upper   white
                       income users     users
Eugene,    stable                       more        injectin  methamp   methamphe  families of
OR                                      white,      g         het-a     t-amine    Mexican
P.D.                                    lower                 mine      MDMA       distributors
                                        income
                                        users
Cleveland  up                                       inhaling  crack                more non-local
, OH                                                injectin                       traffickers
P.D.                                                g

      

Table 2 (cont'd.)

Police Report on Heroin: April 1996

      
    City         Purchase         Purity               Other/Comments
                  Amount
Birmingham,                                    
AL
P.D.
Yakima, WA    $900-           20-30%           Mexican methamphetamine is
DEA           $1,000/oz.                       being incorporated into the
                                               same distribution networks as
                                               cocaine and heroin.
Maryland      $10, $20/bag    55% average      Dealers and traffickers are
State Police  $65-$70/gram                     adding heroin to their cocaine
              (injection)                      product line.
              $250/gram
              (inhalation)
Boston, MA    $8, $10/bag     40-60%           Purity of heroin is very high.
P.D.                                           Colombian dealers are also
                                               focusing on selling both
                                               cocaine and heroin.
Seattle, WA   $5, $10/bag     50% or higher    Methamphetamine is the drug of
P.D.                                           choice in this area.  It is
                                               coming into area in large
                                               quantities, and cocaine users
                                               are also using it.
Miami, FL     $125,000/kilo   90% at           Little heroin on the street,
PD            for Colombian   wholesale        but large number of seizures.
                              level;           The area is basically a
                              2-4% at retail   transshipment point.
Washington    $90-110/gram;   14-90%           "One on one"  (heroin and
DC            street level                     cocaine together) sales
P.D.          bag sells for                    apparent; more South American
              $25-40 (90-                      heroin in the area.
              150 mg)
Denver, CO    $2,000/oz.      high, 50-98%     Seizures are up 37%.  Heroin
P.D.          (represents a                    seIs to be making inroads
              decline);                        into white middle class areas,
              $600-                            evident by more of this type
              $800/gram for                    of buyer.
              high purity
              black tar
Eugene, OR    $15, $30/bag;                    
P.D.          $60/ 1/2 gram
Cleveland,    $100/gram                        More heroin being confiscated.
OH
P.D.